As you hopefully know by now, August is a special month round these parts. That's because it's Blue August - a month of not only a focus on all things marine here on TreeHugger, but also a month of awesome TV

We all know that the state of the world's fisheries is pretty dire, with overfishing rampant and fish stock collapse likely in many places if something isn't done about it. A new paper in the journal Science gives some

Now when you walk through the New England Aquarium (a past pick for a great staycation), you're encouraged to keep your cell phones and MP3 players up and running so that the aquarium can infuse your brain with

Good news for more sustainable fisheries! The world's largest contract caterer, Compass Group, has just announced that it will remove some 69 endangered and threatened fish from its menus in the UK and Ireland. The fish to

Talk about a "butterfly flaps its wings" scenario. Scientists Kakani Katija and John Dabiri of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have worked out just how jellyfish swim, and propose that the way jellyfish

It appears that Canada's greatest contribution to world culture since William Shatner have moved beyond just performing; Cirque du Soleil are now architects as well. They were chosen to "imagine and design the Canada Pavilion for the 2010 International

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They Ran the Pumps 24/7 Because it Costs too Much to Pay Someone to Turn Them Off...
I think few people realize how much water is used for food production. The numbers are quite mind-boggling, and a side effect of this is that a lot of

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Guiding Salmon to Safety
Many populations of Chinook Salmon are endangered, and hydropower dams are not making things betters. But is there a way to mitigate their impact? Part of the problem is that predators (like the pikeminnow) gather in

In June, we had a chance to sit down with Drew Clark, IBM's Venture Capital Group Director of Strategy. He let us know about some great ways IBM is filtering money into projects that go directly toward

The water footprint of food is likely to become a growing problem as climate change plays havoc with world water supplies, and as more of the world tries to eat up the social ladder: As in consuming more meat. In an effort to

Seaweed liquid morphs into gel to sheath heart muscles after attack
Not too shabby considering the product is based on a common brown seaweed: an Israeli pharmaceutical company BioLineRx has just in-licensed a new heart smart remedy to heal hearts after

This summer won't be fun for many coral reefs, particularly in the Carribean which look to be facing stressors and potential widespread bleaching through October, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Of course, the first question to ask yourself is: does my home really need a water filter? A water filter is only fruitful when it takes bad stuff out of the water without putting any bad stuff back in again. But think